Legion of Honor
Museum
Legion of Honor (museum, run by the Fine Arts Museums): $23.6M budgeted for its department in FY2025, 206 employees on the payroll, 14 contracts, 5 city documents at the Internet Archive, every figure linked to its source. The Legion of Honor's record spans construction to operation. A 1924 Pacific Coast Architect feature describes the California Palace of the Legion of Honor's exterior, finished in California Stucco, claiming "a saving of $150,000 over the cost of stone veneer," and notes its Lincoln Park memorial, given to the city by the Spreckels. 1925 Board of Park Commissioners minutes log payments and an organist for its dedication. A 1970-1971 Fine Arts Museums annual report records Ian McKibbin White sworn in as director and a plea to restore the museum's bus service. 2002 trustee minutes place board meetings and exhibitions at the Legion. It is operated by the Fine Arts Museums, whose FY2025 budget line totals about $24M. Source: SF Controller open data and the Internet Archive.
Wikimedia Commons · Frank Schulenburg · CC BY-SA 4.0The Legion of Honor's record spans construction to operation. A 1924 Pacific Coast Architect feature describes the California Palace of the Legion of Honor's exterior, finished in California Stucco, claiming "a saving of $150,000 over the cost of stone veneer," and notes its Lincoln Park memorial, given to the city by the Spreckels. 1925 Board of Park Commissioners minutes log payments and an organist for its dedication. A 1970-1971 Fine Arts Museums annual report records Ian McKibbin White sworn in as director and a plea to restore the museum's bus service. 2002 trustee minutes place board meetings and exhibitions at the Legion. It is operated by the Fine Arts Museums, whose FY2025 budget line totals about $24M.
100 34th Ave · City-owned · 117,000 sq ft · parcel 1313028 · District 1 · City Facilities registry
+ 10 more contracts
Every line opens that contract’s own page, with its spend curve and its subcontractors. Agreed amounts are ceilings, not spending.
Run by the Fine Arts Museums, whose whole-department budget is $23.6M across 206 staff (FY2025) — citywide, not this place’s own. The City does not publish a running cost per building.
The museums' 1970–71 report, its first under a single director for both the Legion and the de Young, pressing again for regular public transport to the Legion — then weekend-only, which the director says keeps older and poorer visitors away.
Annual report ↗Internet Archive — San Francisco Public Library partnership scansA 1924 architectural journal reporting that the building's entire exterior, statuary included, was executed in cast stucco rather than stone veneer — a saving it puts at $150,000.
Pacific coast architect · 1924 ↗Internet Archive — San Francisco Public Library partnership scans
3 procedural records — minutes, agendas, calendars — not listed.
